State of Arizona v. Johnathan Ian Burns

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that error is harmless when evidence of guilt is overwhelming
• explaining courts err by giving an instruction \unless it is reasonably and clearly supported by the evidence\
• finding no abuse of discretion in denying a motion for mistrial after jurors expressed potential bias but the court interviewed the jurors and verified they could remain impartial
• allowing the restriction of expert testimony when the prosecutor had no chance to review the expert's analysis, the defense had not disclosed the expert's analysis before trial, and the expert could testify about other issues
• affirming a death sentence despite a \difficult childhood\ and \dysfunctional family\
• \That the GHB might have been naturally present went to the weight of the evidence rather than its admissibility\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).